THE DIFFERENCE WE’VE MADE
Thanks to your support, we’re helping people facing poverty, injustice and marginalisation transform their lives. Some of those people have been kind enough to share their stories.
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Challenging Disability Inequality in Egypt
Read More: Challenging Disability Inequality in Egypt“My life became meaningless when I lost my sight at the age of fifteen and I was denied the opportunity to complete my education. My life was filled with fear of many things, the first of which was becoming completely…
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Funding vital hospital care in Syria
Read More: Funding vital hospital care in SyriaWhen Belal learnt he had a serious heart condition and needed open-heart surgery, the news was doubly devastating. Without surgery he was unlikely to survive – but he had no way of paying for an operation. Thankfully he was able…
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Overcoming isolation thanks to a community library in Lebanon
Read More: Overcoming isolation thanks to a community library in LebanonWhen Fatima moved in with her new husband at the Dbayeh Palestinian refugee camp, life was difficult. Poverty levels are high in the camp and making ends meet is a daily struggle. But, for Fatima, her main challenge was fitting…
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Extraordinary mothers: Protecting daughters from violence
Read More: Extraordinary mothers: Protecting daughters from violenceIn the last in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Nadeen, who had to go to incredible lengths to keep her two young daughters safe from the violent and unpredictable behaviour of their father.
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Extraordinary Mothers: Stopping FGM
Read More: Extraordinary Mothers: Stopping FGMIn the third in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Myriam, who had the courage and determination to protect the children in her care from the harmful and illegal practice of Female Genital Mutilation.
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Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on education
Read More: Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on educationIn the second in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Auset. Like many women in rural Egypt, gender discrimination meant Auset was not able to access adequate education as a child. This left her isolated, limited in…
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Extraordinary Mothers: Building a business from scratch
Read More: Extraordinary Mothers: Building a business from scratchIn the weeks leading up to Mothering Sunday, we’ll be sharing stories of incredible mothers in difficult situations who have overcome the odds and built safer, better lives for themselves and their families. Divorce from her husband left Madiha with…
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Losing your hearing and then your home
Read More: Losing your hearing and then your homeYoung Khaled has had a lot to deal with in his sort life. His rare neurological disorder is causing progressive physical palsy and has left Khaled with profound hearing loss. Then, during the Israel-Hezbollah war he lost his home in…
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Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life
Read More: Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life10-month-old Layla is the youngest child enrolled at the Learning Centre for the Deaf’s Early Intervention Programme…
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Stories from the war in Gaza: “I wish I could get my leg back”
Read More: Stories from the war in Gaza: “I wish I could get my leg back”An estimated 12,000 children in Gaza have new disabilities caused by injuries they have suffered as a result of the current war. 5-year-old Malak is one of them.
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Stories from the war in Lebanon: Living with epilepsy amid the trauma of war
Read More: Stories from the war in Lebanon: Living with epilepsy amid the trauma of warThe war has not only meant Sara and her family have had to flee from southern Lebanon but the sounds of explosions have also exacerbated Sara’s epilepsy, making it even harder for her to cope with the trauma of war.…
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Stories from the war in Lebanon: The tiny baby born into a warzone
Read More: Stories from the war in Lebanon: The tiny baby born into a warzoneBaby A was born in a marginalised neighbourhood in Beirut, in a warzone. Our partner, Tahaddi, are doing everything they can to support her and her family.
*The names of some of the individuals features have been changed to protect identities.